Tag Archives: .NET Core
Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption in .NET Core
This post looks at symmetric and asymmetric encryption and how this could be implemented in .NET Core. Symmetric encryption is fast and can encrypt or decrypt large amounts of text, streams or files but requires a shared key. Asymmetric encryption can be used without shared a key, but can only encrypt or decrypt small texts […]
Securing Azure Functions using API Keys
This article shows how to secure Azure Functions using API Keys. This is useful, if you have no control over the API client implementation, the client code base cannot be easily changed or the client is not Azure hosted. This should only be used with trusted clients and is for machine to machine usage. Code: […]
Create, Build, Deploy and Configure an Azure Function with Azure DevOps and Azure CLI
This post shows how to create, build, deploy and configure an Azure Function using Azure DevOps, Azure CLI and Powershell. An Azure Function is created in Azure using Azure DevOps with Azure CLI and Powershell. The Azure Function (V3) project is created and built using Visual Studio and C#. This project is deployed to the […]
Publish Nuget packages in Azure DevOps Pipelines
In Azure DevOps, Pipelines can be used to build your solution, create a Nuget package and publish the Nuget package to the Nuget feed for further usage. This post shows how you can implement this and use the new Nuget package in Visual Studio. Setup Azure DevOps project and git Repository Open the required Azure […]
Provisioning X.509 Devices for Azure IoT Hub using .NET Core
This article shows how Azure device provisioning service can be used to setup an Azure IoT Hub and provision devices using X.509 certificates in an enrollment group. The certificates are created using the Nuget package CertificateManager. By using this package, the X.509 certificates can be created in .NET Core and created on the fly as […]
Creating Certificates in .NET Core for Vue.js development using HTTPS
This article shows how to create development certificates for a Vue.js application, so that you can develop using HTTPS. The certificates are created using the CertificateManager nuget package. Code: CreateAngularVueJsDevelopmentCertificates A simple .NET Core console application is used to create the certificates. This type of application can run on most of the standard operating systems. […]
Creating Certificates for X.509 security in Azure IoT Hub using .NET Core
This article shows how to create certificates in .NET Core which can be used for Azure IoT Hub. The chained certificates are created using the nuget package CertificateManager. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreCertificates To use X.509 security with Azure IoT Hub, we would like to create chained certificates. This would make it possible to separate devices or group […]
Adding FIDO2 Passwordless authentication to an ASP.NET Core Identity App
This article shows how FIDO2 WebAuthn could be used for a passwordless sign in integrated into an ASP.NET Core Identity application. The FIDO2 WebAuthn is implemented using the fido2-net-lib Nuget package, and demo code created by Anders Åberg. The application is implemented using ASP.NET Core 3.0 with Identity. For information about FIDO2 and WebAuthn, please […]
Running Local Azure Functions in Visual Studio with HTTPS
This article shows how to setup a Visual Studio Azure Functions project to work with HTTPS for local development. HTTP is configured per default and not HTTPS. The command line arguments need to be set correctly, and then the Azure Functions can be started in Visual Studio with HTTPS and take advantage of the break […]
Using Azure Key Vault with ASP.NET Core and Azure App Services
This article shows how to use an Azure Key Vault with an ASP.NET Core application deployed as an Azure App Service. The Azure App Service can use the system assigned identity to access the Key Vault. This needs to be configured in the Key Vault access policies using the service principal. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBackChannelLogout Posts in […]
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